● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● CHAPTER 1-2 Which of the following was NOT a development of the maritime revolution of the fifteenth century? ○ did develop: triangular Arab sail‚ astrolabe‚ Caravel‚ compass Where was the first permanent settlement in the New World? ○ St. Augustine‚ FL Which of the followings is NOT true about Native American religious beliefs at the point of the initial European contacts? ○ TRUE: revolved around nature
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SOCIAL REFORM MOVEMENTS PAGES 351-361 MORAL REFORM‚ ASYLUMS & PRISONS Social evil --- alcohol; prostitution ( common in port cities) Evangelical reformers approach o Rescue prostitutes o Offered salvation of religion‚ prayer & temporary shelter Poor rate of success Offered women domestic work which was low paying/restrictive Campaigns against prostitution organized by women o Continued throughout the 19th century Earliest‚ most effective anti-prostitution movement o Female
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graceful and self-assured & had a gift for drawing and painting • Throughout her reign‚ she maintained a sense of dignity and decorum that restored the average person’s high opinion of the monarchy after a series of horrible‚ ineffective leaders • 1840-Victoria married a German prince‚ Albert‚ who became not king‚ but Prince-consort • After he died in 1861‚ she sank into a deep depression and wore black every day for the rest of her life The Growth of the British Empire • England grew to
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CHAPTER 23 The Early Industrial Revolution‚ 1760–1851 I0.Causes of the Industrial Revolution A0.Population Growth 10. In the eighteenth century more reliable food supplies‚ earlier marriage‚ high birthrates‚ and more widespread resistance to disease contributed to significant population growth in Europe. England and Wales experienced particularly rapid population growth. 20. Rapid population growth meant that children accounted for a relatively high proportion of the total population
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Sidney P. Henggeler ECON 40413 December 11‚ 2012 Dr. John Lovett The Rise of U.S. Commercial Banking: Implications on the Economics and History of the United States. Innovative or Destructive? The first findings of Commercial Banking in the United States can be dated back to around 1781 with the establishment of the Bank of North America. In time the rise of Commercial Banking saw an increase in opportunities for wealthy individuals to become involved in entrepreneurial venture they would
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The Impact of the Industrial Revolution in the North The Industrial Revolution made an impact upon the world in the early nineteenth century. The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. This transition included going from hand production methods to machines‚ new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes‚ improved efficiency of water power‚ the increasing use of steam power‚ and the development of machine tools
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AP US History Evolution: Federalists to Whigs America’s early history is marked with drastic changes in political situations and public opinions‚ leading to the inception and termination of various political parties. These parties came and went‚ but at any single moment in time‚ America’s government was controlled by one party‚ with a second vying for power. One such party was born out of the controversy over the adoption of the proposed Federal Constitution - the Federalist Party. It dominated
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England in the late eighteenth – early nineteenth century Major World Events * 1810s – 1820s – Latin American wars of independence which saw many colonies in the region gain independence‚ freeing themselves from Spanish and Portuguese empires * 1810 – University of Berlin was founded and among its students and faculty were Hegel and Marx * 1812 – The French invasion of Russia‚ which led to‚ the eventual defeat of Napoleon’s French empire leading to the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy
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In 1803‚ President Thomas Jefferson purchased the territory of Louisiana from the French government for $15 million. The Louisiana Purchase stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to New Orleans‚ and it doubled the size of the United States. To Jefferson‚ westward expansion was the key to the nation’s health: He believed that a republic depended on an independent‚ virtuous citizenry for its survival‚ and that independence and virtue went hand in hand with land
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concentrated‚ so more and more white people were forced to leave the land and move to urban centers in search of work. By 1860s a sharp contrast between the developed North and the rural South developed. Similarly to the economic growth‚ the period from 1820 to 1840 was a time of significant political developments. The previous qualifications for voting rights by the amount of property owned were abolished and a direct methods of selecting presidential electors‚ county officials‚ state judges‚ and governors
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